Saturday, 8 August 2015

Harden Moor

Saturday 8th August a.m.
A cloudy start to the day which soon brightened up to warm sunshine, our start temperature was 12°C.Our first birds of the day were three Lesser Black-backed Gulls in a nearby field which was soon followed by a Kestrel hovering some distance away.Things were fairly quiet for a while with Sand Martins in the quarry & a few Mipits about.As the sun came out though so did the Warblers with several Willow Warblers seen along with Blackcap & Whitethroat.There were also several Blackcap Juveniles amongst the bracken & what we decided was a Whitethroat Juv.A Reed Bunting also posed briefly in the Bracken & behind us a yaffle & another brief view of a Green Woodpecker before it flew off in the distance.Overhead the Sand Martins were now flying round the moor joined by Swallows & also good to see a couple of late Swifts.A charm of c20 Goldfinch were flying around feeding on the Thistle seeds, & there were also several Linnets.

About Me

I'm a young birder from Bradford in West Yorkshire who enjoys all wildlife and taking snaps.These I share on my blog for others to enjoy and comment on with plenty of help from my dad Nigel.He helps with the writing and he edits the pictures.Update 2016 my dad will be doing most of the blogging as I will be doing less birding.